$1 a day habit

I love my tea. And I can stop at McD's 3 times a day to help out my addiction. It's just a buck. Every time. Let's say you're not crazy like me; not everyone can be blessed in the exact same way. Let's say it's once a day. That's easy math. $7 a week, $30 a month, $365 a year. Ok. It's not terrible, at least I don't smoke, talk about expensive!
But here's the secret, my equally lazy friend (it's not really a secret), you can make that at home. spend an hour making four jugs, like me, still not as much time as the drive through this week. Yes, four jugs= one week. Don't judge me. In a jug is easily four mcdonalds cups worth of tea. Added to that the ice factor I drink half a jug a day.
What is the ice factor you ask? I am so glad you asked. The ice factor is that precious number of cubes that take up 75% of your cup, even if you say easy ice you'r gonna get 50%, ask for no ice (what is wrong with you?) for the correct ratio. So even though I can fill two mcdonalds cups with half it actually takes three or four as ordered to replace this much minus the ice. I assume you know how to make, or buy ice.
So here are my supplies, if you prefer sweet tea even better. Replace my packets with sugar or sweeteners, with sugars the cost increases, with sweeteners it decreases.  This should show the box (it had eight) but I had thrown it awat before realizing I could blog this.
                                  

Seriously, it takes twenty committed minutes. Continue boiling the same four bags until they reach a clear stage. After each pot distribute among your jugs, I keep mine in a sink full of cool water. You want to do it this way because the strong tea will be in all four and the weeak tea will be in all four. In between your first and second pan, add your drink mix (fruit punch is yum)and some cool water from the fridge if like mine your sink water doesn't get cold. For me the one packet per jug gives enough flavor and sweetness. You could try more if this isn't the case for you.

Here's the cost breakdown.
Flavor tea Four Jugs = .75
4 drink packs, .50
4 tea bags, .25

Sweetened with sugar Four Jugs =1.25
4 tea bags, .25
4 cups sugar, 1.00

Sweetened with dangerous chemical sweeeners = .45 (possibly cancer)
4 tea bags, .25
20 sweeteners .20

I reuse Arizona jugs that I paid 2.50 for full of tea. Really. So lazy.



                                            


*Addendums. I got a coffee maker the neighbor was abiout to throw out, ran vinegar through it and now use it for the tea! I bought a different brand of tea at Walmart that takes two bags per jug, but comes in 24 family sized bags for one dollar. The hubs like three packets of strawberry lemonade in his jugs and I have moved up to two packets of flavor because no one else liked it my way, lol.

New breakdown with those facts:

.38 for hubs
.25 for mine